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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2009 Jun 24;155(4):500–504. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.007

Table III.

Spearman correlation between phthalate levels in cord serum and meconium and birth weight or size in newborns

Cord blood
 Meconium
Characteristic DEP DBP DEHP MEHP MBP MEHP
Birth weight
 Correlation coefficient 0.03 − 0.23 −0.01 −0.18 −0.56 −0.21
 P* .76 .01 .96 .046 .000 .03
Birth length
 Correlation coefficient 0.04 −0.09 −0.22 −0.25 −0.11 −0.47
 P* .60 .23 .05 .001 .16 .000
*

Test made on log-transformed concentrations.